# Broad-headed serotine

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{{Short description|Species of bat}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn 2017">{{cite journal| last1=Monadjem| first1= A.| last2= Fahr| first2= J.| year= 2017| title= Pipistrellus crassulus| journal= The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species| volume= 2017| page= e.T44853A22072238| doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44853A22072238.en| doi-access= free}}</ref>
| genus = Nycticeinops
| species = crassulus
| authority = ([Thomas](/source/Oldfield_Thomas), 1904)
| synonyms = ''Pipistrellus crassulus'' <small>Thomas, 1904</small><br>
''Hypsugo crassulus'' <br>
''Parahypsugo crassulus'' <small>Hutterer, Decher, Monadjem, and Astrin, 2019</small>
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The '''broad-headed serotine''' ('''''Nycticeinops crassulus'''''), formerly known as the '''broad-headed pipistrelle''', is a species of [vesper bat](/source/vesper_bat) in the family [Vespertilionidae](/source/Vespertilionidae).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=Don E.|last2=Reeder|first2=DeeAnn M.|title=Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference|date=2005|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=9780801882210|page=490|language=en}}</ref> It is found in [Angola](/source/Angola), [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon), [Republic of the Congo](/source/Republic_of_the_Congo), [Democratic Republic of the Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo), [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast), [Guinea](/source/Guinea), [liberia](/source/liberia), [Kenya](/source/Kenya), [South Sudan](/source/South_Sudan), and [Uganda](/source/Uganda). Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical forests.

==References==
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{{Vespertilionidae|V.|V.}}
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Category:Nycticeinops
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Category:Mammals described in 1904
Category:Bats of Africa
Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN <!-- Nycticeinops crassulus -->

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